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Maryland Speaker Demands Apology for Anti-Chinese Spy Video

5/13/2026

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Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D-Maryland) demanded apology and removal of a video calling Delegate Chao Wu (D-Howard and Montgomery) a Chinese spy.
The video on X on April 30 used slurs and mocked Wu’s accent.
Mark Fisher (R-Calvert) and Brian Chisholm (R-Anne Arundel) defended it, citing story linking Wu to China.
The Maryland Asian American and Pacific Islander Caucus called video racist witch-hunting while Gov. Aruna Miller said spy label was radical.

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Speaker Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D-Maryland) demanded apology and removal of a video calling Delegate Chao Wu (D-Howard and Montgomery) a Chinese spy.
The video on X on April 30 used slurs and mocked Wu’s accent.
Mark Fisher (R-Calvert) and Brian Chisholm (R-Anne Arundel) defended it, citing story linking Wu to China.
The Maryland Asian American and Pacific Islander Caucus called video racist witch-hunting while Gov. Aruna Miller said spy label was radical.